Calendar Backup won't allow export of vcalendar?

[susies]

I am trying to backup my outlook calendar to a cd. I have copied the pst
file to My Documents and tried to burn it to a cd, however I can't open it
and get a message saying that it won't export vcalendar? The read only box
is unchecked. What is vcalendar? Why won't it open my calendar?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The only way to open a .pst file from a CD is to copy it to your local hard drive, turn off the read-only flag, start Outlook, and use the File | Open | Outlook Data File command in Outlook. Is that what you're using?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am trying to backup my outlook calendar to a cd. I have copied the
pst file to My Documents and tried to burn it to a cd, however I
can't open it and get a message saying that it won't export
vcalendar? The read only box is unchecked. What is vcalendar? Why
won't it open my calendar?

Forget the word "export". Just burn the PST to the CD. Make sure Outlook
is closed whenever you manipulate the PST in Windows. See this:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

 

[susies]

When I burned it to a cd it looked like an e-mail with an attachment to open
with the calendar. It was too large to open in an e-mail. Why did it use
the e-mail editor? I finaly copied the entire outlook files to another hard
drive.

 

[Brian Tillman]

When I burned it to a cd it looked like an e-mail with an attachment
to open with the calendar.

What the icon looks like is completely immaterial. What the file extension
and internal format is is everything.

It was too large to open in an e-mail.
Why did it use the e-mail editor? I finaly copied the entire outlook
files to another hard drive.

Well, at least it sounds like youi're working now.